Cuspidor.



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CUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAY 22, ISIS.

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` those of providing MAURICE B. BRAND ANI) FRANK TTI-I, F CHICGO, ILLLNOIS.

GUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. il?, i917.

Application filed May 22, 1916. Serial No. 99,038.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, MAURICE B. BRAND, a citizen of the 'United States, and FRANK lo'rn, a citizen of Hungary, both residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to receptacles or vessels adapted to receive ejected matter, such as cuspidors, its general objects bein an appliance of this kind which will be sanitary, easily cleaned, normally closed and yet instantly opened for service. is that of providing a cuspidor having an easily removable inner cup or container or which may desirably be made of waxed paper or other cheap material and which may be thrown away with its contents. Another object is that of providing a. casing for such a container, which casing may readily be separated from its base to permit access to its interior. Still another and quite important object is that of providing doors or flaps which normally close the mouth of the cuspidor, so as to conceal the contents of the latter, prevent the emitting of odors, and likewise prevent flies or other insects from entering; also to provide simple and foot-actuated means for moving these flaps or doors out ofthe way when the cuspidor is to be used. Further objects will appear from the following specification and from the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of a cuspidor elnbodying our invention.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the same along the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view showing the connection between the foot-lever and the closure flaps.

Fig. l is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken centrally of Fig. l at right angles to the line 2-2.

In carrying out our invention, erably construct the housing of the cuspidor of two parts interlocked so that they can easily be separated, as for example, by providing the base l with spring lingers 2 en we pref- One of its more particular objects gaging the lower end of the casing The base l also preferably has a raised bottom portion alfording a central depression surrounded by a wall sladapted to center a container' or cup 5, the latter being preferably of waxed paper or the like. 'livoted within the casing 3 are a pair of flaps (5, each shaped like a section of a hollow sphere, which flaps preferably have edges adapted to overlap (as shown at the top of 2) and which flaps normally arch over the top of the container 5 and eectively close the mouth of the casing 3 as shown in Figs. l and 2. The aps 6 are normally held in this closure position by springs 7, and each of the flaps has at its lower end a lug 8, the two lugs being both disposed at the same height as shown in Fig. 3.

F astened to one edge of the base l is a bearing 9, forming a pivotal support for a lever l0 which has its outer end widened to form a treadle ll. The inner end of this lever projects through an opening in the casing 3 and has an upturned tip l2 adapted to en age both of the lugs 8, this tip being preferably shaped like a double-sided cam as in Fig. 3. Upon depressing the treadle ll, the upward pressure of this tip l2 will cause the lugs 8 to separate, thereby swinging the flaps 6 away from each other and into the lateral space between the container 5 and the casing 3, as shown in Fig. 2. rlhen, as long as the foot pressure is maintained on the treadle, the mouths of both the casing 3 and the container 5 will be open, so as to permit the customaryiuse of the cuspidor. However, as soon as the foot leaves the treadle, the springs 7 will return the flaps to their normal closure positions, thereby also (through the lugs 8 and the cam l2) returning the lever to its position of Fig. il. Thus, our appliance will be kept continuously closed except during the brief moments of actual service. Then whenever desired, the casing 3 can be snapped oli" the base, thus enabling the cup 5 to be removed and replaced (or at least emptied with ease) and also permitting ready access to all parts of the cuspidor for cleaning and polishing the same.

However, while we have shown and described our appliance as having a cup-centering base and as having a cam shaped tip on the foot lever, we do not wish to be li1nited to these or other details of the construction and arrangement herein disclosed, it being obvious that the same might be modilied in many Ways without departing from the spirit of our invention.

For example, While we have pictured and described our invention as embodied in a cuspidor adapted to rest loosely on the floor and so proportioned that the depressing action of the foot upon the treadle Will be kept by the projecting bearing or bracket 9 from tilting the appliance as a Whole, We do not Wish to be limited to such an embodiment.

le claim as our invention:

l. In a cuspidor or the like, a body member having an upper mouth, a pair of pivoted members arranged for normally closing said mouth, a bearing extending outwardly from the body member and having a base portion flush With that of the body member7 a foot lever mounted on said bearing and presenting a cam-shaped'end Within the body member, and projections carried respectively by the said pivoted members and continuously engaging oppositely directed portions of the said cam-shaped end.

2. A cuspidor or the like including a easing having an upper mouth and a lateral opening, la bearing adjacent to said opening, a pair of closure members pivoted Within the casing and adapted to close the said mouth and each having an arm extending beyond its pivotal mounting toward the said lateral opening, a lever pivoted in said bearing and cooperating means carried by said lever and said arms for causing a movement of the lever to move the said closure members.

MAURICE B. BRAND. FRANK TOTH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

